Provider Reference Guide Alaska Centralized Reporting Alaska Centralized Reporting Overview The “Alaska Centralized Reporting” provides reporters with an alternative method for reporting required abuse/neglect, incidents or complaints to the Adult Protective Services (APS), Senior and Disabilities Quality Assurance (QA) and Alaska Residential Licensing (ALL) instead of calling a hotline number or sending a fax. You will have the ability to access the form from a hyperlink on the Alaska DHSS website and the SDS website using a web browser. Centralized Reporting Web Page The Centralized Reporting web page will be made available on the DHSS and SDS website. Links on various pages/areas of the DHSS and SDS website will direct users to the same Centralized Reporting page. In the center of the web page, there will be a link to “File your REPORT here” which will take the user to the “Alaska Centralized Reporting” page when clicked. Live URL: http://dhss.alaska.gov/dsds/Pages/CentralizedReporting.aspx
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After clicking on the link to “File your REPORT here”, the Alaska Centralized Reporting page will be
presented.
Upon submission, data entered in the Alaska Centralized Reporting page shall be saved in Harmony as
an Intake record which will be accessed by a Central Intake Worker for further processing. You will
not be able to save the form and come back to finish filling out the form, so make sure that you have
all the information needed to populate the form.
Fields designated as required indicate that the field has to be populated with data in order for the form to be submitted. If data is missing, a prompt will display informing you that you are missing data and that it needs to be populated.
Any Fields that are marked with a Question Mark you may click on the icon to get additional instruction or help with how to fill out the question.
Copy Address From button allows you to copy the address (Address Line 1, Address Line 2, City, State, Zip Code and Borough) data that was recorded in any participant record or the incident address fields and copy that data in the address fields in a participant record. This can help save time on data entry.
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Spell Check button allows you to check to see if you have any misspelled words in any narrative fields that you have populated with data on any page in the form.
Cancel Button if you click this button on the main page of the Alaska Centralized Reporting the browser window will close and no data is saved.
Click the Add Button to add a record in the relevant section e.g. alleged victim.
Adding a Reporter The Reporter is the person who is making the report; normally the person who is filling out the form
also saw the incident occur. There can only be one reporter, there can be other participants who
witnessed the situation.
1. The First Name, Last Name and Contact Phone Number are required fields and need to be populated.
2. If you are a mandated
reporter select “Yes” in
the Mandated Reporter
field.
3. Use the Provider ID search
button to search for your
provider record. If found,
select it to populate the
Agency field. If it is not
found, you can type in the
name of your agency in
the available field. This
field is also available on
the incident section and for all participant types. It is most important to select the Provider ID on the
Incident Section.
4. Populate the Email Address field if you’d like an email confirmation message to be sent to you after the
form has been submitted.
5. The Best Time to Contact provides information to the Intake or screening staff about what day or time
they should contact you for additional follow up.
6. If you want to receive a follow up letter select “Yes” in the Reporter Requested Notification, but be
sure to populate the Address, City, State and Zip Code fields, so the notification letter can be mailed to
you.
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Adding the Incident Information The Incident Information section is where you describe details about the incident.
1. The Incident Location is a
required field and needs to be
populated, select a value by
clicking the down arrow.
2. Search for your provider record
using the Provider ID field. If it
exists it will populate the Agency
name and address. If it does not
exist, type in the agency name.
You will also need to enter the
Incident Address information in
the Address, City, State, Zip Code
and Borough fields. When you
select a city the state, zip code or
Borough, it will filter to present
you with the values that match
the city selected.
3. Select any significant impact in
the Result of Incident field.
4. Select any Agencies Notified by
you prior to reporting the
incident.
5. Complete the Sending Additional
Documentation Via ONLY if you
are sending more information via
Fax or U.S. Mail.
6. The Incident Details contains four
narrative questions where you
can explain in more detail what happened.
7. If you think there may be a risk to the investigator select “Yes” in the Risk to Investigator, then
describe what kind of risk the investigator may face (i.e. guns in the home, hoarder, etc.)
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Adding an Alleged Victim/Involved Person/Affected Resident The “Involved Person” section is where the person who was at the center of the incident is
documented. When you click the “Add” link on the header bar a new window will open allowing you
to enter in the involved person’s details.
1. The First Name, Last Name and Street Address are required fields that need to be populated. You
should enter an approximate location/address if the street address is not known. Complete a
descriptive address for locations with no postal street addresses.
2. Additional fields also allow you to capture the Involved Person’s Phone Number, Race, Ethnicity, Living
Arrangements, Language Spoken, and Vulnerable Condition.
3. When you are done filling out the Involved Person detail page click the Save button, the page will then
save and close or if you need to add other Alleged Victim/Involved Person/Affected Resident click the
Add Another button, which will save the current record and open a blank Involved Person record. If
you click the Cancel button and you have not be saved the page, the record will close without saving
any data.
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Adding an Alleged Perpetrator/Other Involved Person/Staff Involved In the “Alleged Perpetrator” section you will fill out information on the people that you think may be
responsible for harming the Involved Person in some way. If there are multiple alleged perpetrators
involved you can document multiple records in this section. When you click the “Add” link on the
header bar a new window will open allowing you to enter in the alleged perpetrator details.
1. The First Name, Last Name, Gender and Address Line 1 are required fields that need to be populated.
2. Additional fields also allow you to capture the Alleged Perpetrator’s Phone Number, Race, Ethnicity,
Language Spoken, Hair Color, Eye Color, Height Weight, Access to the “Involved Person” and
Relationship to the “Involved Person”.
3. When you are done filling out the alleged perpetrator detail page click the Save button, the page will
then save and close or if you need to add other alleged perpetrator click the Add Another, which will
save the current record and open a blank alleged perpetrator record. If you click the Cancel button and
you have not be saved the page, the record will close without saving any data.
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Adding an Other Participant/Additional Contact/Collateral Contact In the “Other Participants” section you would fill out information on any other possible people that
you believe might have additional information on the situation. These people could be witnesses,
other family members, anyone mentioned in the incident or other people you think should be
contacted to gather additional information about the report. When you click the “Add” link on the
header bar a new window will open allowing you to enter in the other participant details.
1. Although these are not required, if available, enter the First Name, Last Name and Phone Number of
the person.
2. Additional fields also allow you to capture the Relationship to the Involved Person and the Incident.
Simply select from the drop down menus.
3. When you are done filling out the other participant detail page click the Save button, the page will save
and close. Or if you need to add another other participant click the Add Another, which will save the
current record and open a blank other participant detail record. If you click the Cancel button and you
have not saved the page, the record will close without saving any data.
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Adding an Allegation In the Allegation section you can document the types of allegations you think the Involved Person has
experienced. If there are many allegations this section allows you to document multiple records.
When you click the “Add” link on the header bar a new window will open allowing you to enter in the
allegation details.
1. The Allegation Type and Description are required fields that need to be populated.
2. The Allegation Subtype will populate based on the value selected in the Allegation Type field. Hold
your CTRL key down if you
want to select multiple
values and then use the
Arrow to move the values
from the left box to the
right box.
3. If there multiple allegations
recorded in the form you
will need to flag one allegation as “Primary” by checking the box.
4. When you done filling out the allegation detail page click the Save button and the page will save and
close or if you need to add more allegations click the Add Another, which will save the current record
and open a blank allegation record. If you click the Cancel button and you have not be saved the page
the record will close without saving any data.
Please note that certain allegations are associated to specific divisions. The list below should provide some
information on which allegation types to select if you are reporting certain types of issues.
APS Allegation Types QA Allegation Types ALL Allegation Types
Mental Abuse Accident Verbal Abuse
Physical Abuse Missing Person Health Services/Medication
Sexual Abuse Death Death ALL
Neglect Law Enforcement Response Safety/Sanitation